tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28720289041839155202024-03-13T19:14:36.938-04:00MainLinePeaceActionWe want a "peace economy" that creates jobs, invests in our communities, restores and improves public services, saves the environment, and builds the infrastucture. We urge you to sign the petition at www.jobs-not-wars.org that calls for an end to the austerity and militarism that this Congress and Administration seem intent on. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872028904183915520.post-20231164497291688592013-09-13T11:03:00.002-04:002013-09-13T11:03:49.562-04:00A Question For You<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You have probably noticed that this blog stopped rather abruptly on July 29 and has not appeared again until today. That was the day my wife Mary, with whom I was married almost forty-eight years, suffered a massive stroke. She was hospitalized and cared for by the wonderful people of hospice until the following Sunday, August 4, when she passed away. As you can imagine, I have not had the heart or spirit to continue the blog, but during the month of August approximately 4,000 people visited the blog. One hundred thirty visited yesterday. My question is: should we go on with the blog or let it go? I will greatly appreciate your comments either on the comments link or to my e-mail: <a href="mailto:walterebmeyer@comcast.net">walterebmeyer@comcast.net</a>. Thank you very much.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872028904183915520.post-75922787030164895672013-07-29T13:54:00.001-04:002013-07-29T13:54:38.858-04:00Clean Gas Is Like Clean Coal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>Someone has to get the President's attention and explain to him that fracking and the development of natural gas wells is not the way to sustainable energy. It is the way to global warming as methane - far more effective than CO2 - goes into our atmosphere.</em><br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/opinion/gangplank-to-a-warm-future.html?emc=eta1&_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/opinion/gangplank-to-a-warm-future.html?emc=eta1&_r=1</a>&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872028904183915520.post-19933242843083159592013-07-27T19:48:00.001-04:002013-07-27T19:48:14.292-04:00<img alt="Time for a change! Help us tell Congress to raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation: http://bit.ly/1276A8c
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<em>Some energy industry genius decided that there is a better way: blow steam into the bitumen sands - high pressure cyclic steam stimulation - and then just bring up the goo through some pipes. Trouble is that the goo is bypassing the pipes and surfacing where it will. There is no pipe to cap - it is uncappable. It is fouling soil and water and killing thousands of animals. What little we know sounds like a Grade B Hollywood flick. And we don't know much because predictably the oil company is lying to us. One lesson to be learned: if it's in the ground, leave it in the ground.</em><br />
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<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/23/1225932/-Uncappable-underground-blowout-spills-thousands-of-barrels-of-tar-sands-oil-in-Cold-Lake-Alberta">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/23/1225932/-Uncappable-underground-blowout-spills-thousands-of-barrels-of-tar-sands-oil-in-Cold-Lake-Alberta</a>#Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872028904183915520.post-43380106141805804722013-07-26T20:19:00.001-04:002013-07-26T20:19:31.722-04:00John Lewis On Bill Moyers & Co.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bill's entire show Sunday, Noon, July 28, is a conversation with John Lewis about the August, 1963, March on Washington and its heritage. In Philadelphia the show will be on WHYY-TV, Channel 12.<br />
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<em>Josh Fox ("Gasland 2") talks with John Oliver on the Daily Show. You might find a re-run of the two-hour documentary on HBO.</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872028904183915520.post-16004732192307162152013-07-26T07:56:00.000-04:002013-07-26T07:56:00.656-04:00The Right Wing In Junior High School<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>Conservatives and others on the right are facing their ultimate nightmare: that Obamacare is going to work. And they are willing to fight it using unspeakable methods, including fooling around with the debt ceiling and endangering the nation's credit rating, because they hate the President. Reminds one of junior high school politics.</em><br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/opinion/krugman-republican-health-care-panic.html?ref=opinion&_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/opinion/krugman-republican-health-care-panic.html?ref=opinion&_r=0</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872028904183915520.post-39210193154010123042013-07-26T06:19:00.001-04:002013-07-26T06:19:41.124-04:00<img alt="This week, just 60 miles off the Louisiana coast, a natural gas rig burned for two days after the well blew out.
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<em>Attorney-General Holder announced this morning that the Justice Department will bring suit later today to stop Texas changes to its voting laws in light of the recent Supreme Court decision.</em><br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/us/holder-wants-texas-to-clear-voting-changes-with-the-us.html?emc=edit_na_20130725&_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/us/holder-wants-texas-to-clear-voting-changes-with-the-us.html?emc=edit_na_20130725&_r=0</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872028904183915520.post-21727772569487149582013-07-24T04:23:00.001-04:002013-07-24T04:23:29.776-04:00HR 676 Medicare For All<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>The New York Central Labor Council, representing 1.3 million people, has endorsed Rep. Conyers health care bill, HR 676.</em><br />
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<a href="http://beavercountyblue.org/2013/07/22/new-york-city-labor-council-endorses-medicare-for-all/">http://beavercountyblue.org/2013/07/22/new-york-city-labor-council-endorses-medicare-for-all/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872028904183915520.post-42337676101583246402013-07-23T13:54:00.001-04:002013-07-23T13:54:46.491-04:00Get Ready For August 24<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.unitedforpeace.org/2013/07/07/august-24th-carry-a-banner-for-peace-50th-anniversary-march-on-washington/" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px currentColor; color: #5bb1c1; font-size: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="August 24th Carry a Banner for Peace: 50th Anniversary March on Washington">August 24th Carry a Banner for Peace: 50th Anniversary March on Washington</a> March in Washington DC on October 24th for justice, peace and in the memory of Trayvon Martin. We march to end violence and for peace at home abroad. We march for economic, social, racial and environmental justice. Let us celebrate and remember past victories to gird ourselves for the struggle ahead.<br />
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<em>To sign on, go to <a href="mailto:ufpj@gmail.com">ufpj@gmail.com</a>. For details, go to <a href="http://officialmlkdream50/com">http://officialmlkdream50/com</a>. </em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872028904183915520.post-80961466357578535252013-07-23T13:36:00.001-04:002013-07-23T13:36:54.642-04:00Buckley's Spirit Marches On<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>A respected scientist at PennState was accused by National Review of lying and falsifying data. He sued for defamation. NR has threatened to dig out everything but the kitchen sink and spread it publicly when fighting the suit. Bill would have loved it.</em><br />
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<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/22/1225760/-A-threat-made-against-a-climate-scientist-and-how-we-should-deal-with-it">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/22/1225760/-A-threat-made-against-a-climate-scientist-and-how-we-should-deal-with-it</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872028904183915520.post-50260481138499636832013-07-23T07:46:00.001-04:002013-07-23T07:48:32.769-04:00When Will Toomey Vote For Us?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Toomey should make his own way <br />
After a two-year delay, the U.S. Senate last week confirmed Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The vote was 66-34. A dozen Republicans joined the Democratic majority. But Sen. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) voted against it. Does Toomey know some horrible fact about Cordray that disqualifies him for the post? Or was he blindly following Minority Leader Mitch McConnell running over the cliff? Great Pennsylvania senators have been more intelligent and independent than that. Walter Ebmeyer, Bryn Mawr <br />
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<em>For a limited time you can watch the entire two hours of Gasland 2 at this link.</em><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdlVH1IjQu4&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdlVH1IjQu4&feature=youtu.be</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872028904183915520.post-12616916434182468972013-07-18T13:00:00.001-04:002013-07-18T13:00:17.356-04:00Great Days In The GOP Senate Caucus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>It's coming apart.</em><br />
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<em>At last, Ralph Nader suggests eleven books that are good summer reads. And all, except Fr. Berrigan's are new. Fr. Berrigan never goes out of date.</em><br />
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<em>Senator Warren answers some ill-conceived criticism of regulation and reform. Yesterday the Senate finally confirmed a Director for her Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and now she is working with Republicans and Independents to restore Glass-Steagel. She's had an enormous effect on our country, and she's been a Senator for six months.</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872028904183915520.post-52074894279897664612013-07-16T09:16:00.001-04:002013-07-16T09:16:25.947-04:00<img align="right" alt="" height="271" hspace="5" src="http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2488/images/VeryPainfulCuts.KhalilBendip.jpg" width="350" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872028904183915520.post-32126705304955348502013-07-15T09:18:00.000-04:002013-07-15T09:18:09.972-04:00Watch Gaslands 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>Gaslands 2 will be on HBO Wednesday July 17 at 1:45pm and on Thursday July 18 at Noon. It is two hours long and is well worth your time. Watch it or DVR it.</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872028904183915520.post-50246770992955753362013-07-15T04:21:00.001-04:002013-07-15T04:21:49.094-04:00Legalized Murder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td valign="top" width="100%">Washington, D.C.—There can be no doubt after the Not Guilty verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman that murder has now been legalized in half of the 50 states.<br />
The traditional presumption in the law—from the advent of the Hebrew Bible through the creation of Roman law, English common law, and American law—has been that if you could spare human life, it was incumbent upon you to do so. With the “Stand Your Ground” law, the National Rifle Association (NRA) and its partners in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have turned 3,000 years of jurisprudence on its head. Now you can provoke a fight, and if losing that fight, kill the person you attacked.<br />
Turning the other cheek is supposed to be a sacred virtue. But by removing the duty to retreat from a confrontation in public when one can safely do so, the “Stand Your Ground” law allowed George Zimmerman to stalk and kill an unarmed teenager and walk away a free man. That’s a tragedy, because there can be no doubt that Zimmerman <em>could have</em> avoided a confrontation with Trayvon Martin on the evening of February 26, 2012.<br />
The NRA’s law represents a dangerous and unprecedented escalation in the use of force in the public space, allowing individuals to kill when they merely <em>fear</em> “great bodily harm” (i.e., a fistfight, shoving match, etc.). The concept of responding with<em> proportional</em> force has been obliterated. In this case, the “harm” done to Zimmerman, by whatever source, was so minor that EMTs didn’t even offer him treatment minutes after the shooting.<br />
Americans should also question why Zimmerman was allowed to carry a loaded gun in public in the first place. He had been previously arrested for assaulting a police officer and placed under a restraining order for a domestic battery involving a former fiancee. Again, Zimmerman has the NRA to thank. Their “Shall Issue” law in Florida awards concealed carry permits to individuals with minimal screening/training and removes any discretion law enforcement might have in approving applicants.<br />
The message to would-be killers is now clear. You need not fear carrying your gun in public, or using it. If you do, just make sure you are the only one remaining to testify about the nature of the confrontation in question.<br />
As much as the gruesome mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, the acquittal of George Zimmerman is confirmation that the American promise of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” will continue to be squandered until the NRA’s pernicious stranglehold on our legislatures is broken. Lawmakers in states with “Stand Your Ground” laws should immediately repeal these cancerous blights on American values, law and tradition.<br />
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<em>The main stream media has done its usual sterling job in keeping us informed about the effects of the sequester on our fellow citizens. But the Coalition on Human Needs in Washington has come up with a report on what's happening that will open your eyes. This is very serious stuff.</em><br />
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<em>Letters in the New York Times responding to yesterday's editorial comment about the decline of North Carolina.</em><br />
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